“the cake is a lie. the cake is a lie. the cake is a lie. the cake is a lie—”

“Congraturation. This story is happy end. Thank you.”

Nintendo just announced the SNES Classic Edition/Mini

Here’s the U.S. version of the systemAnd the much prettier European edition

For $79.99/£79.99 you get the system plus two wired controllers and 21 of the very best Super Nintendo games (including the hitherto unreleased Star Fox 2).

The selection of games is definitely stellar:

Contra III: The Alien Wars

Donkey Kong Country

EarthBound

Final Fantasy III

F-ZERO

Kirby Super Star

Kirby’s Dream Course

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Mega Man X

Secret of Mana

Star Fox

Star Fox 2

Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting

Super Castlevania IV

Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

Super Mario Kart

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario World

Super Metroid

Super Punch-Out!!

Yoshi’s Island

It’s even cooler when you see them all in picture form

But I really do wish there was at least 30 titles again this time around, and ideally a few more would have actually been great, particularly since the price is nearly double that of the NES Classic Edition/Mini.

Yeah, it’s not quite double the price, and you do get an extra controller. But, you still don’t get an included power adapter, and you’re basically getting 33% less games this time around for 33% higher the cost. Even with the extra controller the price has gone up a fair amount.

Some people try to say “but licensing fees . . .” but the truth is that the NES Classic Edition/Mini actually had around double the number of publisher’s games on it than the SNES Classic Edition/Mini, and more third party games in total in its included selection of titles, so technically it should have cost Nintendo less this time around for licensing fees than on the NES Classic Edition/Mini.

However I come at it, I think it would have been fairer on consumers to have the same 30 number of games with the SNES Classic Edition/Mini, particularly since the price has went up quite a bit.